UPD Blog Warch by Golden Webb
Blog Watch by Golden Webb
Rep. John Dougall says: "Utahns love Jon Huntsman Jr. ... But as of a few months ago he still hadn't acquired that gubernatorial swagger. He served as a respected ambassador for Utah. He was an effective cheerleader for the State. He just hadn't quite mastered the up close and personal, hand-to-hand legislative process. At times he relied too heavily on legislative leadership to promote his agenda, as if the legislature were a top-down corporation, rather than a very dynamic, bottom-up affiliation ... At other times he relied on his loyal staff to convey a message that only he could communicate to the legislature. Well all that has changed! And it's a great improvement for Utah (and for the legislature). Probably the most important result of the process leading up to, and including, the special session is that Gov. Huntsman really experienced the success of effectively conveying his message for change to the rank and file members of the legislature. Being willing to meet with each legislator, taking the time to travel the state, and look each legislator in the eye and ask for his or her support, showed the Gov's passion and sincerity, both for tax reform and, more significantly, for the legislative process. I know that he has gain significant respect with the members of the House. Respect that will serve our State well for years to come"... Rep. Craig Frank posts a podcast interview he conducted with Rep. Steve Urquhart about last week's special session... The UAC Blog posts a September legislative update... The Zion Mojave Wilderness Blog says: "Proponents of the [Washington Co. growth bill] have been ringing alarm bells about an impending shortage of private land in Washington County. But it turns out this 'shortage' is pure propaganda ... It turns out that, even with explosive growth over the past decade (the county is one of the fastest growing in the nation), a mere 9% of the private land in the county has been developed. Intriguingly, the source that exposed this lie is no less than the St. George Chamber of Commerce. After several letters-to-the-editor and blog posts pointed out the truth by citing the Chamber's own facts, the offending page seemed to mysteriously 'disappear.' Can't have inconvenient facts clouding up the picture, can we?"... Jen's Green Journal posts a link to Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! interview with SLC Mayor Rocky Anderson... RedState Radio interviews Mass. Gov. and likely '08 presidential candidate Mitt Romney (see also here, here, here, and here)... CoolestFamilyEver says of the controversy surrounding a plan to pump water from remote valleys on the Utah/Nevada border to Las Vegas: "This problem wouldn't exist had Californians been willing to take their lumps and develop their own water resources instead of using the power of superior numbers to legislate it away from their neighbors. By not spending the money to invest in desalinazation plants and resevoirs to trap their share of the Sierra Nevada's melting snow, they've trapped themselves in a dependency on water from the Colorado River and Lake Tahoe. Their bad example of using population to bully what they want out of others is the same model used by Las Vegas against the rural ranchers. Let's hope our bad neighbors to the west (both of them) get a grip on reality and start playing nice."
Rep. John Dougall says: "Utahns love Jon Huntsman Jr. ... But as of a few months ago he still hadn't acquired that gubernatorial swagger. He served as a respected ambassador for Utah. He was an effective cheerleader for the State. He just hadn't quite mastered the up close and personal, hand-to-hand legislative process. At times he relied too heavily on legislative leadership to promote his agenda, as if the legislature were a top-down corporation, rather than a very dynamic, bottom-up affiliation ... At other times he relied on his loyal staff to convey a message that only he could communicate to the legislature. Well all that has changed! And it's a great improvement for Utah (and for the legislature). Probably the most important result of the process leading up to, and including, the special session is that Gov. Huntsman really experienced the success of effectively conveying his message for change to the rank and file members of the legislature. Being willing to meet with each legislator, taking the time to travel the state, and look each legislator in the eye and ask for his or her support, showed the Gov's passion and sincerity, both for tax reform and, more significantly, for the legislative process. I know that he has gain significant respect with the members of the House. Respect that will serve our State well for years to come"... Rep. Craig Frank posts a podcast interview he conducted with Rep. Steve Urquhart about last week's special session... The UAC Blog posts a September legislative update... The Zion Mojave Wilderness Blog says: "Proponents of the [Washington Co. growth bill] have been ringing alarm bells about an impending shortage of private land in Washington County. But it turns out this 'shortage' is pure propaganda ... It turns out that, even with explosive growth over the past decade (the county is one of the fastest growing in the nation), a mere 9% of the private land in the county has been developed. Intriguingly, the source that exposed this lie is no less than the St. George Chamber of Commerce. After several letters-to-the-editor and blog posts pointed out the truth by citing the Chamber's own facts, the offending page seemed to mysteriously 'disappear.' Can't have inconvenient facts clouding up the picture, can we?"... Jen's Green Journal posts a link to Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! interview with SLC Mayor Rocky Anderson... RedState Radio interviews Mass. Gov. and likely '08 presidential candidate Mitt Romney (see also here, here, here, and here)... CoolestFamilyEver says of the controversy surrounding a plan to pump water from remote valleys on the Utah/Nevada border to Las Vegas: "This problem wouldn't exist had Californians been willing to take their lumps and develop their own water resources instead of using the power of superior numbers to legislate it away from their neighbors. By not spending the money to invest in desalinazation plants and resevoirs to trap their share of the Sierra Nevada's melting snow, they've trapped themselves in a dependency on water from the Colorado River and Lake Tahoe. Their bad example of using population to bully what they want out of others is the same model used by Las Vegas against the rural ranchers. Let's hope our bad neighbors to the west (both of them) get a grip on reality and start playing nice."
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